Why were these supposedly much respected entities so vociferous in their pursuit of The McCanns when there was never any evidence against them?
The whole area was rife with paedophiles who were completely ignored.
And then suddenly, after fifteen years a paedophile is designated as an Arguido.
This was published 13 years ago
Maddie case uncovers paedophile ring
January 19, 2009 Spanish private detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of a British girl from a resort in Portugal uncovered an Internet paedophile ring, El Mundo reported in its online edition.
Police arrested 13 suspects as a result of the investigation by investigators from the Barcelona-based Metodo-3 agency, who had been hired by Gerry and Kate McCann to trace their daughter Madeleine, said the report.
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The agency's investigators were hired six months after her disappearance.
Two months into their investigation, they received information
Although it turned out the information was not relevant to Madeleine, the agency tipped off Spanish police who subsequently arrested the suspects in a series of raids in December 2008.
As well as those arrested, police questioned another 10 people and seized a large quantity of computer equipment.
Approached by AFP, Metodo-3 was unable to confirm the report.
Spain has staged a series of operations against Internet child pornography in recent years, arresting more than 1,200 people over the last five years - of whom 408 were arrested in 2008 alone.
Madeleine McCann's parents have been funding a private investigation to try to find out what happened to their daughter.
The Portuguese authorities closed their probe into her disappearance in July 2008.https://www.smh.com.au/world/maddie-case-uncovers-paedophile-ring-20090119-7kxe.htmlThe resistance to what seems to be the gigantic elephant in the room as far as the Portuguese investigators were concerned is more than extraordinary, it is simply bizarre.
Bearing in mind the then very recent and visible knowledge of the Casa Pia paedophile ring which had shocked Portugal and the world.
The much maligned Metodo3 group followed intelligence in their efforts to find Madeleine and although unsuccessful as far as she was concerned, were able to hopefully rescue other abused children.
To me that once the parents had been eliminated by dint of there being no evidence against them it would have been logical to take the next obvious step.
The PJ would have had more powers and resources to their command than private detectives could ever hope to have.
I think all the private detectives working for the McCanns did what they could. Pity the same cannot be said for the Policia Judiciaria.
